Photo of the Expedition Team Walking Down to the
Khatanga River In Siberia.

The North Pole Expedition
Team walks to the Khatanga River to see the Woolly Mammoth in Northern Siberia.
This photo was taken just before we started down the bank of the Khatanga River.

North Pole 2002

Click Here are a photo of the
North Pole Expedition Team visiting the Woolly Mammoth found in Khatanga, Siberia Russia.

Under the city of Khatanga in North
Central Siberia are ice caves that are now used to store the worlds most intact
Woolly Mammoth. These are the webs best photos of the Woolly Mammoth found
in Siberia. They are called ice caves but they are really underground
access tunnels that travel all over under the streets of Khatanga. The
tunnels are used to carry steam pipes and power, etc., from the two heating
plants in Khatanga to the homes and businesses in the city. The ice caves
that house the Woolly Mammoth are separated from the other heat carrying
tunnels.

The North Pole Expedition Team walks down the bank of the
Khatanga River in Northern Siberia. This photo was taken just after we
left the city of Khatanga. The temperature here was about -15 degrees and
we were about to learn what happens when we walk into the cold sump. Of
course water flows down the river, but the cold air also flows down hill to the
lowest point. As we walked we could feel difference in the temperature.

In this photo you can see the boats frozen in the Khatanga
River and also you can see how far it is to the Tundra on the other side of the
river. I live near the Mississippi River and the Khatanga River is just as
big as the Mississippi River. In this picture you are looking to the South
East.